Singapore Standard, 24 February 1953

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    13 11 it m XI Um SINGAPORE STANDARD SINGAPORE, TtIJEBPAVt WWtCARY 24, 1953. TWELVE PAGES
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    EBER FREE: NO TERMS FOR ME
    917 11 No More Law -I Will Look For Another Job' Standard Staff Reporter. THE Singapore Government yesterday released conditionally Mr. John Eber, a Singapore lawyer, who has been held under the Emergency Regulations for two years. l l*!,!? 18 110 86 with his wife y^terday,
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    Chiang Ends Russia Pact
    11 11 Chiang Ends Russia Pact I 1 I g th of i
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    STOP PRESS
    37 11 LONDON \Pi V;iiu* iadrd todas i rift oj i ti, p MinUter v i,, lias. rt t«> non oramu- r public RosI ia.<h ''''Vi In s OrM •mlhhu also v '!-:u,,d R r< -ntlv iko
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    Film On Youth
    25 11 FRESH from three months filming for UNF.SCX) m Siam, Mr. John AlMmom, experifcno ed UK documentary film director, ha» arrived m Kuala
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    MOTHER, BACK FROM. BRITAIN, HAD A VERY PLEASANT SURPRISE
    144 11 ON HER return from the I 'nilrcl Kingdom yesterday, Mrs. K. L. Eber, received a pleasant slunk when, on ■tepptaf into her Queen Astrid Park 'lome. she found herself looking at a son lv» "had not been home" for the past
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    OFFICIAL: EBER AGREED TO THE 4 CONDITIONS
    454 11 AN OFFICIAL statement issued by the Singapore Government said that Mr. John Eber had decided to accept the restrictions required by a suspension order and was released yesterday morning. conditions are: Restriction of residence to a specified house i h >me); Remaining indoors
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    HK SPORTS EDITOR DIES AFTER FIGHT
    168 11 JAMES CECIL Guingam. 53-year-old sports editor of th t Hongkong Standard, died m Hongkong last night, six day* after being injured m a fist fight which developed out of a sporting argument. Guingam. who was chairman of the Hongkong Football Association, led the Hongkong
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    NAIR TOO GETS OFFER
    148 11 Standard Staff Reporter WITH the release yesterday of Singapore lawyer. Mr. John Eber, from detention, it is understood the Colony Government will take similar action m relation to others detained under the Emergency Regulations more or le^s at the same time. It is reliably learned, however,
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    Death Came After Game
    76 11 PENANG, Mon. Mr. Chan Hong Kwong. 48, th e headmaster of a Chinese school m Kepala Batas died here on Saturday m the hospital after he fainted while playing mdhjong with his friends. Late Mr. Chan came to Penang to spend the weeK-end with some friends.
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    Gurkhas Get A Red
    85 11 HE WAS ON THE BRANCH COMMITTEE KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— One more terrorist, a Branch Committee member m the Communist organisation, was killed by Security Forces yesterday m the Federation. Ho was: Ah Turk, Branch Committee member of the Gelang Patah branch, who was killed m the
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    THE FLOOD FUND
    20 11 THE total contribution to the British FloocT Relief Fund by Singaporeans by noon yesterday amounted to $74,977.78.
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    Malayans At Study Talks
    53 11 MELBO.URNL. Feb. 23 (Reuter-AAP) Eleven Asian and South-East Asian countries began a conference here today on technical education and vocational training under the auspices of the International Labour Organisation. The delegates are from Afghanistan, Nationalist China. Ceylon, India, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, Japan, Hongkong. Malaya and
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    Mallal: I Quite Agree
    128 11 MR. N. A. MALLAL, a Legislative Councillor, had this to say of Mr. John Ebef*s release: "I am glad ha has been released. *'I think his release should have been unconditional. If he is such a danger, why, didn't they prosecute him? "I have already said
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    BABY DROWNED IN WELL
    108 11 BABY DROWNED IN WELL A TWO YEAR OLD boy. Leong Hong Kai was found drowned in a disused well at 81- m.s. West Coast Road Singapore yesterday. Leong, son of a labourer at the new Pasir Panjang Power Station, was last seen leaving his home at 12.45 p.m., after hi
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    CONTEMPT ORDER AGAINST PAPER
    143 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. An application by the Public Prosecutor for an order nisi '/'or writs of attachment against Abdul Samad bin Ahmad, editor, and the Selangor Press and Majlis Company, Limited. *he printers and Publishers oj the newspaper, Majlis for contempt of court, was today allowed
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    Singapore Leaders Back Lee Menq Mercy Plea
    227 11 A SINGAPORE Legislative Councillor, Mr. John Laycock, said yesterday he was "willing to do everything within my power," to save 25-year-old Ipoh "grenade girl, Lee Meng, from the gallows/* Said Mr. Laycock: "I have great sympathy for the young lady and hope the
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    US Bid To Halt Ceylon Rubber
    47 11 WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 (UP) Government officials said today that the United States is making behind-the-scenes effort to cut the flow of strategic rubber from Ceylon to China. Trade experts said they are looking into every possible angle to halt the trade.
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    Govt. Ruling On Sale Of MCA Tickets
    89 11 Standard Staff Reporter ASSOCIATE members of the Malayan Chinese Association will not be allowed to buy its Lottery tickets m Singapore. Thi>, according to Mr. W. C. Taylor, Financial Secretary, yesterday, was one of the conditions laid down by the Singapore Government to
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    JUIN ENDS TOUR
    31 11 MARSHAL Alphonse tain o! France returned to Tokyo lust night, ending a two-day inspection tour of the French fighting forces and South Korean training ramps m Korea* UP
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    $10 MIL FOR S'PORE AIRPORT
    199 12 'Government Expenditure Looks Like Increasing' Standard Staff Reporter THE SINGAPORE Government has been conditionally grouted $10,000,000 from the Colonial Development and Welfare Fund for the development of the new International Airport at Paya Lebor, Mr. W. C. Taylor, the Financial Secretary, said yesterday. Two other
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    200 TEACHERS WANT RAISE
    98 12 Standard Staff Reporter OVER SM Singapore Chinese Middle School teachers will shortly ask their directors to increase their salary. At a meeting of the special committal Of :he Chinese School Teachers Association yesterday, it was decided to send a delegation of five to meet the directors
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    Ship Is A Mile From Hai Hsuan
    459 12 Wiima Mores Into Harbour Standard Shipping Reporter THE 7.717 ton Finnish tanker Wiima, -alter parking" outside Singapore territorial waters for 12 days awaiting instructions concerning the future of her cargo of precious jet aviation fuel destined for Red China, moved into the harbour
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    Noisy Customer
    36 12 A EUROPEAN, James C. S. Cunningham, was fined $10 by r- Choor Singh m the Sin^apore Third Police Court yo«--teiday lor shouting at the top ■of his voice m the Bandoeng Restaurant on Sunday.
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    Opened Front Door
    43 12 BURGLARS broke into tne cs e of a European woman i 1 'Oxley Road during the early hours of Sunday and got „waV with $550 m cash and properlty. They entered the house by i breaking open the front door.
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    Hanged Himself With Cradle Rope
    85 12 Hanged Himself With Cradle Rope A DRIKD-FISH dealer. Nah Boon Kok, hanged him■ell with a rope which hal U cd to support his ih.lfi's cradle, his wife told the Sinjmp rf« Coroner. Mr. Ci:.'rn Chang Httig, yesterday. The woman. Lim Mjow Iliitii;. said on the morning of Jan 20 she
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    BILL TO AMEND LABOUR CODE
    158 12 SINGAPORE will soon have a nfw Labour Ordinance to replace the present one which came into force m 1923, the Commissioner for Labour, Mr. G. W. Davis, told The Standard, yesterday. He said the Bill w.vs now With the Colony Legal Department a. id will
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    Penang Is His Choice
    155 12 THIS is Peter Hfin^sv cameraman-director of J. A i thnr Rank who completed a tour of Singapore and Federation, ami a port of Borneo yesterday, and left Sin- iporr lur Bangkok He was hfi> to look for locatios sh«ts for two ktftfc pn lures. "A Town
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    91 12 Whiting away their time m what may prove to be a protracted stay m Singapore, these men (arrows right above) on the Finnish tanker Wiima were seen yesterday putting the finishing touches to the superstructure. The men have given the tanker a new coat of paint since she halted outside
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    38 12 photo. The wedding took place at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday of Miss Barbara Harriman and Mr. Cyril Joseph, a librarian from Radio Malaya. Mr. J. D. Martin was the bestman. aß d Miss Vi©. let Wilkins. bridesmaid. Standard
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    Had Ammo-Man To Hang
    56 12 Had AmmoMan To Hang IPOH. Mom. A 21 -year-old Chinese. Chpah Ban Wah, was today sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Thomson for possession of 30 round* of ammunition. Cheah was raptured m a Gurkha ambush at Sauk Village. Kuala Kangsar on Oct 30 last. Th«* ammunition was recovered from
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    A Bigger Exhibition
    84 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Visitors to the Malayan AgriHorticultural Association Exhibition, to be held at the Chinese Assembly Hall. Kua'.a Lumpur beiween April 10 and 12. will set pottery craftsmen, basketry and sarong weavers working at their trades This year's exhibition is being enlarged to include sections for
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    Kept Away For Nothing
    72 12 Kept Away For No thing THE rou ad- the -clock j vigil by police patrol boats on the Finnish tank* er Wnma was withdrawn yesterday morning: but < only after three Singa- pore journalists bad I been turned bark to shore quite an necessarily. The journalists had to appeal to
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    Claims Trial
    55 12 A YOUNG woman. Mathowa Dind, daimed trial m ihe Singapore Third Police Court ye> terdav on a charge of attempted suicide. She was alleged to h ivo drunk a poison m her S Road home on Feb I'.k B. > of $50 was ollercd and *ho case was
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    Had No Licence
    54 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Robin Henry George, a 20--year-old British soldier. was today discharged by the President of the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court. Mr J G. Adams. for b«ing m possession of a firearm and ammunition without a licence The accused p'eaded guilty to the charge and was
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    One Crime Lead To Another
    89 12 AFTER a seaman. Hong Siao Fong. was fined $50. m default one month's rigorous imprisonment, m the Saigapore Third Police Court yesterday, for being m possession of dutiable cigarettes, he was fined another $300, In default s'x weeks' rigorous imprisonment, m the Second Police Court
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    FAGS STOLEN
    29 12 FORCING open the planks s»de wall, thievet oroke into a Chinese! shop m Lormg 27. GtyUn* Hfcid, early Sunday morning ftrfd cot **\<y with $m,U wotihei cicamttef.
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    To Form Branch
    23 12 THE meeting to form a Singapore branch of the Royat Acrptwo7je|] Society wluTb* held ia 3ntjJ Hou6 at 7 ninf
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    5 ROBBERS FLED WHEN BLUFFED -COURT TOLD
    252 12 5 ROBBERS FLED WHEN BLUFFED -COURT TOLD HOW five robbers, one of whom revolver, were fooled and put to SL* I*!*1 before Mr. Justice Knight m fi*ni jesterday. Four men stood trial on t re A*£ mitting g*Bg robbery of tUH f JL char tt 53 Carp«ael Road on July
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    Techs Want Action To Stir Govt.
    50 12 Techs Want Action To Stir Govt. Stand. s tll( THE r.c of terhn: Singap..- r k 'hold a 22 consider V k should N faction salary rt c Mr D told The n Ployees a ried" .ernment "WSJ salary f, r 4 kther last yeai W o mitte* a, tnunnt
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    To Answer Four Charges Of CBT
    21 12 Third P n cr oa four He -v. appropr 51.2.V twicf and i Lye $1.00
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    POLICE OFFERED TIONG BAHRU 'MURDER' FLAT
    129 13 *o\ict Force be offered the uurdtr" Sal m Boon Tiong Road want it m spite of the acute Colony The Standard was told rsicraaj No, 2-C. Boon H tad m Tiong Bahru, Mrs Lucy Ho, a ood Transfusion I'ri.t nurse. md murdered early this
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    Unionists Talk VVith Govt. Today
    11 13 Unionists Talk VVith Govt. Today fbklfl;kfg;llfggf ;lkpokdi ojg okl fgw5 ;mkoiptkl;jf
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    ECAFE Leader Leaves S'pore After Talks
    16 13 ECAFE Leader Leaves S' pore After Talks rI m y m to 'so had I' I
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    Limbert Leaves For Jakarta
    12 13 Limbert Leaves For Jakarta r I r« Dr. -> s r the In
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    Charged With Armed Robbery
    16 13 Charged With Armed Robbery was I ita- ni-d I j ed i§. i Si, Ui^l Sem
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    83 13 Photo by The 3rd Detachment of ihc Singapore Branch British Red Cross Society held a New Year Dinner at Happy World Restaurant over the week-end. Sitting from left to right: Mr. Lye Keng Yons, Mr. S.I Wong. Dr. Lee Liang Hin, Dr. Cheng Sik Toh, Mrs. C.oh Kok hu;»n. Mr.
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    87 13 photo. wwwwwwww. me sixth hatch of 2 seven St. John Ambulance 2 Brigade nurses, who flew into Singapore by B.O.A.C. Argonaut Sunday from J Britain. They will spend 5 J two years working in the resettlement areas in the 2 Federation. They were 1 met at the airport by Mrs.
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    $200 Fine For $1 Bribe
    54 13 $200 Fine F or $1 Bribe ORRY-DRIYER. Lee is fined 1200 m i months' impi \t Singapore 1 hird jresi rd« j [01 I bribe of to lilt m his defence. «'i ci not intend I ant. The mon< b< J. was m his drivinf le handed to th e
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    4 TENANTS AWAITING SIT VERDICT
    140 13 Standard Staff Reporter THE four Singapore Improvement Trust tenant* who were given notice to vacate their flats yesterday are now anxiously waiting: till Thursday when Mr. T. P F. McNeice. the City Council President will give the "verdict". They met Mr. McXeice yesterday and were
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    "WHIPPING WITH THE CAT SHOULD NOT BE ABOLISHED"
    431 13 «'!Ii HE 9 °P° re law whleh °»ow* a judge to order whipping by the JLLa T $°f PCr T co rT ic ed of with yiolenei should be st^^sat awy chooimos 'Vnt'' ln th^ FederatiOn c, Bi J.' wil L shortly
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    Tea For Miss Wong
    31 13 THF Singapore Kamala Club will g've a tea party tomor- 11 row to honour Miss Jade i Snow Wong at the club's preI mises at 6.30 p.m.
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    Lottery To Boost Flood Relief Fund
    158 13 THE Singapore Flood Relief Committee is still collecting funds for a further remittance of $50,000, 11^ 1 I 11^ ***** to the ori in al target of s>,suu,uuo. The first three remittances totalling $150,000 have already been sent to Holland. Tickets for the private
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    Dollars For Discs Aid Flood Fund
    107 13 To raise money for the Bri- i tish Flood Relief Fund m Sin- gapore, Rediffusion will re--introduce its "Dollars for Discs** programme. So far over $200 has been received from listeners who have requested their favourite re ords to be played. The programme, which
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    Historian Appeals For Contributions
    166 13 MR. GEORGE BLAKE, nove- iis: and historian, who If now j m India collecting? material for the centenary history of the j British India Steam Navigation j Co.. would be glad to receive. contributions from friends md employees of the company. In a letter to Messrs.
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    94 13 Three members of the Combined Services Enter- tainment team flew into < Singapore from London by 8.0.A.C. Argonaut Sunday to entertain troops fighting m Malaya. They are impressionist Gloria Alton, singer Kirn Taylor, and singer pianist Allastair McHard, all members of the 'Bunny Doyle Show.' Comedian Bunny Doyle was left
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    Driver Was Negligent
    69 13 OXG ENG KEE. a driver, was warned by the Singapore First Traffic Police Magistrate, Mr. R. C. Hoffman, yesterday that his driving licence would be withdrawn if he appeared m court again. He was charged with negligent driving, resulting m a collision with a car at Collyer
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    Drivers Fined
    39 13 TWO lorry drivers, Ong Say Cnuan and Teo Chwee Bah were charged In the Sii japore Traffic Police Court yesterday with overloading their vehicles with cerrcr» f Ong was fined SI SO and Teo was fined $75.
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    Mechanic Was 'Mildly Intoxicated'
    126 13 QUEK KIM JOHN, a motor mechanic who drove a car after drinking a bottle of beer, appeared m the Singapore First Traffic Police Court yesterday. Quek was charged with negligent driving and driving while under the influence of liquor on Feb. 22. Pleading guilty. Quek said
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    Intertered With Car
    123 13 ABDUL SALAM bin Mohd. Kassim. who was sentenced m the Singapore Third Police Court to the House of Detention on a charge of vagrancy, was later brought to the Second Traffic Police Court where he was fined $50 m default ten days' simple imprisonment, for interfering with
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    Altered Ages On I-Cards
    75 13 TWO youths, Goh Van Van and Gqh Wan Sin, who obtained their driving licences by altering the ages m their identity cards, were fined $200 m default four months' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. H. A. Forrer m the Singapore First Criminal Dirtrict Court yesterday. It was
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    Father Found Child In Well
    63 13 A THREE-YEAR-OLD child, Koh Swee Choon, who had been missing for some hours on Jan. 19. was found dead by his father m a well near the house. The father, a fitter named Koh Ah Leong. gay-» evidence m the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday. Verdict
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    34 13 photo SOME of the 2.000 children who on Sunday filled the Singapore Chinese Swimming Club to rapacity at a New Year Children's Day party. They were children of members of the Club, Sta ndard
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    Summons Could Not Be Served
    69 13 A JUDGEMENT debtor summons issued against Mr. S.M.A.H. Chisty to be examined as to his ability to satisfy a judgement, wa< adjourned m \h(i Singapore High Court yesterday. Dr. C.H. Withers Payne for the judgement creditor Mr. C.F. Wah. said that Mr. Ch'sty was a
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    More People Travel By Rail Now
    252 14 Growing Confidence As Bandit Incidents Drop KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. More people m iv\aiaya are nuw returning to railway travel os the number of terrorist incidents on the; Malayan Railway is steadily decreasing month by month with the improvement m the Emergency. A spokesman of
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    Pahang BA Visits Raub
    96 14 UAUB. Mori The Br Ush Adviser, Pahan& Mr. W.C.S. C<rry and Mrs. Corry. paid an A visit to Raub recently. It is reported that Mr. Corry 1 j leaving Malaya shortly on i B to Britain prior to retire- ment. He has served with the van
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    Police Caught Four Gambling
    49 14 KUANTAN, Mon. Four Chinese, who claimed trial i.) the Kuantan court for Rambling with cards, said they were playing for fun. without staking any money. Tiie magistrate fined eich $20. Police raided house at 3 a.m. and found them playing with $70 on the table.
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    13 Gamblers Fined
    76 14 IPOH, Mon. Polite ;m< <cl nine tumbler's m Kainp tng Beix-ham and raided a house In Anderson Road yesterd.i v fie fore Magistrate Che Abd,.*.--Ih!i this morning 13 gambler I Including four women Wtft each fined $25. while the uv. n- < 1 of the house m
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    Taiping Lecture
    47 14 TAIPING. Mon. Mr. CM. Witmot, Deputy Controller. Commonwealth division of the British Council a:us a Freeman Of the City of London, will speak on "Local Government m action" at a public lecture In the King Edward VII School Hnll fMi Friday a! I'M) n :r>.
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    STAR CONTEST No. 4 Can You Name This Actor?
    299 14 STAR CONTEST No. 4 Can You Name This Actor? 411. through this week uitb the exception <»i Sanday. The Singapore Standard prt'senis the fourth series of a new contest specially doigned to interest Malayan til r.i fans. All you have to do is lo collect the pictures and coupons for
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    Drowned In New Pool
    127 14 > KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. i A Chinese schoolboy, Wong tKeng Ong. aged 13, was drowned yesterday m the new 'swimming pool m Kuala Lum'pur's million dollar Chin Woo Sports Stadium. The stadium, one of the best m the Far East, has not vei officially been opened.
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    Stabbed Constable
    72 14 I KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. ,M. John. 32. was convicted by »Mr. Justice Wilson at the High i Court today, and sentenced to i three years* imprisonment for [causing grievous hurt to Kaveri a;ias Raju. a national service police constable attached to the jungle company at Ser,dang. John was
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    THOUSANDS SCREENED IN JOHORE BAD AREAS
    276 14 Standard Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Police agents and surrendered bandits looked through the slits of an armoured car as thousands of villagers m some of the worst terrorist-infested areas m Johore walked past. And their vigilant eyes pick- f ed out eight suspected
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    45 14 picture. A Malay song: and dance rendered by the young Girl Guides from Klang. during "Thinkir Day" camp fire to •el brate Founder's l>ay (Birthday of Lord Baden Powell) at Kuala Lumpur's St. Mary's School. More than fcOO guides from Selangor attended Yong Peng Seong
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    Appeal Of Bank Official Allowed
    273 14 FINE INSTEAD OF JAIL KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Mr. Justice Briggs at the Selangor Criminal Court of Appeal, today, allowed the appeal of William Mclnnes (24) an assistant accountant m a local bank, against the sentence of three months 1 rigorous imprisonment passed on him by
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    39 14 Mr. Ong Kooi Lrong and Miss Lee Hong Lian who were married recently at the Capitol Hotel. Kota Bharu. The bridegroom is the nephew of Mr. Wee Tiang Teng of the Overseas Banking Corporation. Ltd.. Rt- lan tan branch.
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    Zahara Fund Is Growing
    84 14 KLANG, Mon. The Zahara Fund started by wellwishers m Klang and assisted by the Singapore Standard to enable nine-year-old Zahara binte Mohamed from Tanjong Karang to enter the Malay Girls* Hostel, Klang, has now reached $244.50. Little Zahara is now studying m the special Malay Class
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    Shot Killed Deer
    31 14 HOME GUARDS m the Mawai area. Kota Tinggi while on night duty heard a movement m the dark. They opened fire and later found a- deer lying dead.
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    Christ Church Youth
    63 14 AT a meeting of the Christ Church Youth held at Dorset Road. Singapore, recently the following were elected oftVebearers for the year: President Mr. D. D. Ponniah: vice-pre-sident; Miss E. Paul; hon. secretary, Mr. K. Mailvanganam; treasurer. Mr. I. Catheresoo; librarian. Miss S. Appadurra; sports secretary. Miss
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    Appeal Court
    29 14 THE Court of Criminal Appeal will sit In the Supreme Court Building. Singapore, from Thursday. Feb. 26 at 10.30 a.m. it is announced m the Gazzette Extraordinary.
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    Fines Yield $12,400
    81 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Mom. A sum of $12,400 was collected from fines imposed In tnc Federation courts on 209 d -i ers who broke the Food and Price Control Regulations \k»\ month. There wer c 95 cases foi dealing without a price control j licence and 31 for
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    Govt.-MTU Pay Talks
    90 14 I THE Singapore Malay Teachers Union will meet Government representative? next week to negotiate a settlement of its wage increase demands. The Union met Mr. J. C. Griffiths. Assistant Secretary (Negotiations) last week, but no final decision was reached. Othe r trade unions to meet Mr. Griffiths
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    Radio Plane
    56 14 A VALETTA aircraft t»f ihe R.A.F.. fitted with special radio equipment and speakers for broadcasting recently arrived at Changi. It has been undergoing tests for suitability for operating m a tropical climate. It left Kuala Lumpur to carry out performance trials, yesterday. A socond .similarly fitted aircraft is
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    8-Day Programme For Coronation
    184 14 FIRM DATES m the official programme for Singapore celebrations of the Coronation released last night are a« follows May 30 Children's party, Government House grounds; Fun Fair for children Victoria School grounds. Beating the Retreat, Padang. May 31: Sports programme. June 1 Youth rally. Jalan Besar
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    STABBED BEFORE PRAYERS
    129 14 AN elderly Indian Muslim, Mohideen bin Hassan, was stabbed three times white washing himself before entering a mosque for evening prayers. Yesterday, fn the Singapore Third District Court, Mohideen testified at the trial of bis aileged assailant. Mohamad Ab» dul Karim. a lighter vatehman, who was charged
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    Strike Threat By Pg. Wharf Workers Over Pay Dispute
    252 14 PENANG, Mon.-A threat of dra^.r might lead to a strike may almost com °n *hi<k at the Prai wharves if the Prai U h,"', v, slo P w ()r j fails to get a satisfactory settlom ni ">rs ftb negotiations for
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    'The Lion Japs Wanted Is Now ASP
    77 14 'The Lion Japs Wanted Is Now ASP I KUALA Among t: tow m th« ed to a dents of Singh of s for whi were pr< ;«;i tune. He is h, (the I name w] Malayan^ period o.' < pat ion. Gurcha: F.M.S. school,* j ,ed to identified sports activii
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    Police Check On Klanq Crashes
    46 14 KLAN I effort to accident X P.W.D of accid< ther the: I roads There dents m I B last week an <nd I cyclist dent ra* i ly on tht. Klang r A pi ihere w. i And a were cau
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    37 14 SERE meeting < various the Stat Sembilan C fare Committee with Dr maa Thi i Vice-Ch i Singh; Pillay: Asst. Sern NarayaiK- Alagiah. I Hardhan S V KaruJ s Subr; Mrs F Jrs. J.S Miss Ja
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    More Funds Needed For First TB Settlement
    306 15 ,wth of the Settlement will shortly" be dStributed m all schools, clubs and business organisations while employees contributory scheme will be work~i attc consultation between employers and pm The contributory scheme is rilllL d U) fain the support of c man-in-the-stieet toward* IOCt.
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    37 15 m» V irrttor of RoUr y International Mr. G. I Marden of WheeJock Marden and Company, shipowner Singapore yesterday after attending a conference of c Ind n^«an District of X y r garden was met Standard photo
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    Bumpy Bus Made This Pen Jump
    121 15 MAKING his defence m tnef: case, a Chinese io!d ihe Singapore Tin\ District .Juris** Mr H A. rorrer, yesterday! that the bus ip which he Wai passenger bumpeu ti>o much causing a lountais pen from another passenger o fall into nis hand "J *ho
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    Move To Include Workers' Families
    167 15 FREE MEDICAL AID A MOTION that the City Council should provide tree medical aid to the families of its daily-rated workers at all Council dispensaries, will be introduced at the next ordinary Council meeting on Friday by Mr. M. P. D. Nair. r— II this
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    Did You See?
    49 15 THE Singapore TranV Police are anxious to contact the eye witnesses of a bus aceidt v m which a man Chua Seng Kua. was killed at Rochore Road on Feb. 17 at 5.40 p.m. Witnesses are asked to get iri touch with Inspector Chorig Yee Ken.
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    86 15 Photo. TI!P AMi .«ti^ rnntn th* Sineaoore Kandanf Kerbau Police Station, where Mr. M J. C. Haines. officer-in-charge of li¥i?^ B n^Hiiriiitohte are iSb a iwork during "Exercise Ram", a combined Police-Military internal -IT Divis.on and i" l M^ckiScfdents were plotted on the bit map with coloured thumb tacks. Movements
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    PAYMENT OF RENTS TO RB
    74 15 DISTRICT Collection will be made by the Rural Board on March 10. at Bedok Rest House. East Coast Road Bedok Road junction. All rates and dues payable to the Rural Board on houses, land rubber estates may bo paid at this centre between !> a.m.
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    PUTTING IT OVER
    31 15 PEKING will use music, poe.ry. Alms, plays and eartoona to persuade its people to accept the new Communist marriage law designed :o protect wo mm from "oppression" Renter
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    New Varsity Needs Legal Basis And Legislation—MacD
    297 15 New Varsity Needs Legal Basis And Legislation— MacD A DELEGATION of Chinese leaders met the Com miss ,oner General. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald yes terday and asked for a categorical answer to the pro.posal to create a Chinese university m Singapore I me delegation, led by Sir, j Cheng-lock Tan.
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    "Operation Ram" In Singapore
    159 15 "Operation Ram" In Singapore A COMBINED p .'ice and military operation known t> •Exercise Ram" was launched m Singapore yesterday evening to test the effectiveness of the force against Internal uprising and other acts of vi >-' lence. When th c exercise began at 5.50 p.m.. all police divisions j
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    74 15 RUBBER TIN CLOSING PRICES JIN Sfonooir London Contiptndrnl LONDON, Feb. 23. The following ore the closing price* of rubbp' one tin op London Market today LONDON RUBBER Spot 22« d. /i— ffA Apr./ June ZZ«d. w July/Sept. 22Jd. Oct./ Dec. 1116. March c.i.f. 221 d. Marktr: Dull. LONDON TIN Spot
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    FIRMS TO PAY FOR SERVICE
    109 15 REFUSE DISPOSAL Standard Staff" Reporter THE Singapore Rural Board will shortly collect fees m respect of trade refuse from business aid industrial premises m ".he rural areas. Loss of revenue has prompted the Board to make this decision. The Standard was told yesterday. In the
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    Release Of Eber
    706 16 'THE Singapore Government has. d« wise thinp, m releasing John Eber, who has been detained for c without trial under the Emergency h< ons. In view <>f the- mounting criticisna thai ha^ been directed pgainrt the Government foe not having brought him to trial, public opinion would
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    Review of View
    290 16 Review of View Jury System ["HE p esent system uf trying a id high court with a judge an d two assessors, tajTS UtUSSfI Mdayil editorially, is one which ibould be rei xamined. UtUSSa hopes that the authori-' lies m the Federation of Malaya Will consider makings a change m
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    MALAYA CAN LEARN FROM INDONESIA
    1145 16  -  ALEX JOSEY MALAYAN AFFAIRS BY EVEN a short visit to Indo- ncsia was sufficient to L convince me that Malaya, preparing lot independence, CM learn a lot from a neigh- > bouring country of 78 million people which wan in- dependence from colonialism by force
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      990 16 Sir. On Saturday, January 24. 1953 a letter over the signature! of the Acting Slate Secretary. Pa hung, appeared In the l *S*rai*s Times** stating inter alia that my statement regarding Racial Discrimination was "quite untrue' and that my estate was
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      YEL, YEM, YEN AND WOH
      102 16 Sir: I must admit that I enjoyed very much the article, "Human Clocks Tell Time In The Lorongs", m the Sunday Standard. For being so painstaking, patient and observant and giving so vivid and interesting an account, the writer fully deserves praise. But wh^n j
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      DEPENDS ON HOW YOU LOOK AT NUDE FORM
      244 16 Sir, Allow me to comment on Albert Richard's absurd article headed "Morals of Nakedness" which appeared m The Standard on the 19th instant. Regarding his statement about professional moralists of the Catholic Church "rampaging m Malaya about indecent films and books." I
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      ROAD TRAFFIC
      191 16 r Sir,—In reference to the North-South experiment introduced on Ist. February, I wonder whether your correspondent* particularly the motoring correspondent —are aware that there If to be unilateral parking on some of the roads concerned. Some time ago an order entitled: "The Road Traffic (Restricted Roads Municipal Area*
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      USELESS EUSTACE
      12 16 "Blimey, she works fast! He's •ooa b«w** to the iqgyijtahkV
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    Vietnam Dancer Stressed; Call For Nat'l Army
    89 17 Vietnam Dancer Stressed; Call For Nat'l Army irOf g Feb. 23 «AP)— The Fronco-Viet-Hioh Committee meets today m ,n> llfory c ed to declare the nation m m :c the creation of an autonoi*9 £r a oritty as well as greater to call for o usnotl ritiootion by the Vietnamese
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    Nehru To Rename Cabinet I
    151 17 NEW DELHI. Feb. 23 (RevPrime Minister Jawahar- of India is likely to i his Cabinet In order eak i nonth-old deadIt over the appointment of a (lister, observers lieved. i ipo i bern vacant aswami Ayyangar fell i Iwo months ago. He Fi 9. D<
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    Three Powers Agree On Security Pact
    8 17 Three Powers Agree On Security Pact 5 I
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    Police Fire At Mau Mau Meet
    49 17 mm h: Fwßfai poll, c and m\ \fruan ri. (I tire on hoMiac tl ••Hint m tin- r *rvr >rstrrda> \i w Vfritans new »as <.m- of ks nl vie- fron Man rted here «bn brokf .md g 1 1 11^' <rh*i the
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    Scots Scorch Royal Cypher
    62 17 EDINBURGH Feb. 23, (Rev- Bril i\ lignboard •a .tii < Royal cypher of E th The Second, i led here yesterday cypher recent week<. treme S Nationa protested about the FUR (Eli/abeih I d Regina). claiming that •n Eliza the only 1 of Scotland a«= the
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    86 17 K. nri r o Mastrobuone (Wl), President of the Vcstet Tribunal, listens as an interpreter translates the rase put forward by Anglo -Iranian Oil Company attorneys (right) recently. The attorneys visited the tribunal president to request sequestration of a 5.000 ton cargo of Ahadan oil unloaded by the tanker Miriella
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    'Final Steps To Totalitarian Police State'
    143 17 DI'RBAW Feb. 23 (Renter)— Tne Nata. [ndian Congress has ■■.nod -..he Public Safety and inai Law Amendment B. v. now be I ore the South P« ent, as "the $U pi el :ne Nationalists ;p a totalitarian I A I thil was ial conference
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    'Lights Out' Protest
    85 17 LIN, Peb S3 (ltaiter) Wml Berlin*! shops, cinemas ..uraniv will be lit by one candh each duririfc ihe 't. u In protest agaisis- the ity's increased eec■- rhargi fhe W t v- Berlin Shop Owners Union sai(i dentists, lawand che nisti would join the "lights out" campaign,
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    U.S. TO STEP UP ARMS AID
    290 17 Stassen Optimistic Of W. Europe Unity said yesterdiv^D'/ 61 n* < U F «"«9« Aid Chief Horold Stossc Stassen said m a television interview "they are moving forward to unity. I think there is a fairly food chanca this very significant European defence community
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    74 17 photo. t A h. B hHf L F °f ß OKINA i VA This 14-ton bell will go into It «i nii y a "u W ch m>h on Okil »awa Island. Valued at MOOO it is shown liere under inspection by U>vt Berlin Steelworks owner. Franz Weeren (right) fniV
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    Easier Spelling Bill For House
    98 17 LONDON", reb. 23 (AFP)— In a letter to the editor of the I Sunday Times published yesterday morning. Mr. Patrick Gordon-Walker Labour MP wrote about the Simplified Spelling Bill that is to come before the House on Friday this week. He said that 'It is
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    US Offer To Buy $100 M.Persian Oil
    211 17 TKHFRAX, Feb. 23-(AP)-I ran 's Foreign .Minister Hussein Fateini revealed yesterday the I'nited States had ottered to purchase oil "probably m excess of ISSIOO.OOO.OOO" from Iran if the question of compensation is settled between Iran and Britain A; press conference, Fatemi added that
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    Cross-Purpose Family Reunited
    94 17 MUNICH. Germany. Feb. 23 (AP)— Sgt Luther Seldon. Jr. and his wife were reunited here Saturday alter crossing the Atlantic In opposite directions to surprise each other with unannounced visits. Seldon. 2r>. itationed with a U.S. Army Medical Unit here, sailed to the United States last month
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    Psychologists To Probe Army Strikes
    215 17 COPENHAGEN, Feb. 23, (Reuter)— The Danish Army has called m psychologists m the hope of getting to the bottom of the recent wave of insubordination and protest strikes by soldiers. Demonstrations, involving about 700 men, have ranged from walkouts and sitdown strikes to open mutiny.
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      Dogfight A Lesson
      65 17 GEN. Otto Weyland said that the possibility of further air violatiojis over Northern Japan by Russian planes "can't be ruled out." But the Commanding General of the United States Far East Air Force said the recent clash between American and Russian fighter planes 111 which a Red
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      52 17 THE Rangoon newspaper "Nation" alleged that the Chinese Nationalists have changed its attitude of noninterference "towards the Burmese Government to one of hostility." The paper adds that the Kuomintang command had issued a directive to all units m Burma to attack weakly -guarded towns and to give battle to Burmese
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      28 17 PRESIDENT Eisenhower pians to send a special message to the United Nations today pledging* the administrations full support for the world body and efforts to obtain Deace. UP
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      41 17 FRANCE'S wartime rremier. Paul Reynaud, at present touring Ind o China endorsed U.S. Senator Mike Mansfield's (Democrat) statement that France ceased to "put the screw on the Communists m lndo China, the whole of South-East Asia would be m ••rib- AFP
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      25 17 RED China'i Premier unou En-lal fl«w to th# Russianoccupied treaty port of Dairen mi n Manchuria Sunday, for th« CtlebTation Qt the 39th anniver- A.P
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      42 17 VICE President Edvard Kardelj of Yugoslavia yesterday called for a united democratic front of world Socialists, which would "open the eyes" of the citizens of the Soviet bloc. He was speaking at the fourth 'on Kress of the Yugoslav Peoples Front Reuter
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      36 17 THE pattern of United Nations debates resuming m New York today after an eight-week interval is likely to encompass the whole field of Far Eastern problems instead of concentrating on Korea alone, diplomats indicated yesterday.- UP
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      26 17 Marshal Tito. President of Yugoslavia, yesterday accused both Soviet Russia and the Roman Catholic Vatican of attempting to divide the world into two "hostile camps."- AP
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      53 17 FRED Godfrey, British songwriter, died Sunday. He was 72. Among the hundreds of songs which he composed were "Take me back to Old Blighty," which kept Britons smiling throughout the first world war; "All the nice girls love a sailor." "Who were you with Saturday night," and "Irish, and proud
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      24 17 SPANISH Foreign Minister Artajo told the United Press that there was no political significance attarhrd to his probable visit t« Formosa aext week.- UP
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    To Reds
    59 17 JAPAN has a moral right to the Kurile Islands, the liberal Swedish evening paper "Aftonblndet" said. "A continuation of the Japanese islands, they had been m Japanese possession for 80 years. As long as these islands are m foreign hands the Russians are using them ns a military
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    For Mamie's Ear Only
    42 17 »h*t«. Mrs. Charles K. Wilson, (left), wife of th* American Se< retary of Defence, puts her hand to her month as fthe ipeakg to Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower, wile of the President, at a Wa*kjpito» Bear! Fund luacbto*.- AP
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    20,000 US Troops Will Take Part In New Atom Tests
    242 17 WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, (Reuter).— The IS Defence Department announced that about 20,000 men from the armed forces, including 12,000 soldiers and army officers, would play roles m the 1953 series on nuclear tests m Nevada, due to begin shortly. There
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    HUNDREDS MAROONED BY FLOODS
    164 17 SYDNEY, Feb. 23 (Reuter)— C"avy ruins m flood stricken riorth-eastern Australia h e driven hundreds of p from their homes, maroo ..1 scores of families and rioated a 1068-ton freighter above i's wharf. Heavy loss oi k was also reported. The Macintyre river l: its bank
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    Reds Want War: Lodge
    88 17 UNITED NATIONS, Ni vf York, Feb. 23 (UP).— An <, ican Ambassador Henry t Lodge Jnr. sail yesterday Russians apparently "wisfl continue the war m Korea" there is little UM m *\sp< i, <- ing much time splitting hair! over the matter m the Genera] Assembly
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    S'pore Can Import Jap Salted Fish
    156 18 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE can now freely import dried or salted fish from Japan, Mr. W. H. Walker, Controller and Registrar of Imports and Exports, told The Standard. However, owing to improved availability from Britain, licences to import outboard motors of five horsepower or
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    Trawler Seizure Protest
    128 18 HONGKONG, Feb. 23 (Reu-ter-AAP) General Yeh Chieny;n. chairman of China's Kwanftunf Provincial Government, has protested againsi the olent seizure" by British I police of the fishing trawler Vt>\v Chin In Hongkong waters on Jan. 'il The Canton daily newspaper Nam Fong reaching here yesterday s aid that
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    New UK Airliner Pleases
    131 18 New UK Airliner Pleases ROME, Feb. 23: (Reuter) Britain's newest airliner, the Vickers Viscount propeller-jet, made its first public demonstration flight here yesterday. British European Airways which will place the 40-seater on its LondonRome Athens Istanbul line, starting on April 19. took journalists on halfhour flights over Rome and the
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    Majola Springs Leak In Dock
    78 18 LONDON. Fob. 23. (AFP) —The P O liner Majola sprung a leak m the King j George V dock here yesterday while undergoing repairs. It I b believed that the leak was due to a defective valve below the water level. The ship had a
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    Pilots To Strike
    35 18 ROME. Feb. 23. (Reuter)— Italian civil airline pilots announced yesterday that theY would go on strike on Tuesday for higher pay unless the airline companies revised their "intransigent attitude" to negotiate. I
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    TAIWAN PREPARES FOR JET SERVICE
    70 18 TAIPEI, Feb. 23 (AFP)— Taipei will soon start a longrange search and rescue service and issue reports on high altitude weather conditions for the anticipated international jet operation service over Taiwan. Lai Sun-yen. director of the Civil Aviation Administration announced. Mr. Lai said that the
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    Red Guards On Junks
    77 18 HONGKONG. Feb. 23 (AP)— A pro Nationalist Chinese newspaper reported Sunday that fishing junks from the South China Province of Kwangtung are carrying Communist army guards now. Sing Tao Jih Pao, quoting mainland sources, said Communist officials explained that two armed guards are being provided for
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    328 19 nXGToy F f b. 23 AP) An American rice :•'!>« i tion of Asian peoples are id ot the rice they pot before the neblf their supplies if they Koa methods now available to tlieni. Dexter Rivenburgh. leader American delegation to 22-natioo Rice Conference Bangkok last month, which returned
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    Natural Rubber Earns $s
    146 19 Natural Rubber Earns $s THE importance of natural rubber sls a dollar earner fa highlighted m a n-ci-nt study madr> by the London Financial Times of the "Resources of the Commonwealth." which showed that the entire sterling area earned 82.718 000.000 from visible exonrts m Iffti and that j of
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    Devaluation —New Style
    78 19 HICKORY. Carolina. Feb. 23 (UP)— R. If. Stallings is convinced that today's money is worth just about half what it used to be. Several months ago Stallings acquired a SI. OOO bill. Considering it to be something of a curiosity, he put it carefully away m a
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    Indonesia Oppose s New Remilling Plants
    272 19  - Indonesia Oppose s New Remilling Plants ARNOLD C. BRACKMAN By Standard Special Corr BANDJERMASIN. S. Borneo. Feb. 13 Indonesia flatly opposes the establishment of new remilling plants and views remilling activity as a serious menace, Indonesian Agricultural Minister Mohammed Sardjan said here. "We have plans to build new smokehouses and
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    S'pore Textile Re-export Trade Turns To Mid-East
    188 19 S'pore Textile Re-export Trade Turns To Mid-East l S NGAp ORE textile importers who hov# booked positions with Indian mills for the reexport trade found a new outlet m the Mid- J?i f L COunrrics which last week bought some ■O'OOObales estimated to be worth $6 million. Trade sources m
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    32 19 photo. Overseas Bank Ltd wutC of the Indian Kiven b y Mr. JlwmsSSi JnnS?^ f h^ our at a dinn^ Kuala lumpur(F?om left/ Sir a 1 <& 1 1* m "^ant m Standard
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    Rubber Goes Up 3/4 Cent
    176 19 s £»n«fcnl Market Reporter RUBBER prices m Singapore improved by J cent per lb. on a quietly steady i market yesterday, first gr»de rubber for March shipment closing at 79 cents per lb. Quotations opened at 78 cents per lb. on a quiet market, cent
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    Eveready Boss Back In S'pore
    142 19 MR. Ewart Brisbin. managing director of National Carbon (Eastern) Ltd.. Singapore, and Chairman of the board of directors of Evercady (Australian) y td ret urned to Singapore by Qantas Constellation with i his wiie yesterday after a long stay m Sydney. Mr. Bnsbin left Singapore
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    Jap Trade Delegation In Syria
    112 19 DAMASCUS. Feb. 23: (AP) A Japanese trade delegation headed by Shinsv.ki Asao President of the biggest Japa- DCae Steamship Company hns arrived here to negotiate a i trade agieemcnt win the Syrian authorities During its four-day stay m Damascus the 14— -strong dc'.e- gation intends
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    HK EXCHANGE
    38 19 HONGKONG. Feb: 23—Special Standard Service Closing prices on the Honekong Ex change today were $15.95 to £1 slerline: $6 ***** to US$l: $1834 to Malayan $1: $0,225 to one Indonesian Rupiah: Gold $280.12") to one tael.
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    Loan To Brazil
    29 19 THE U.S Export-Import Bank has granted a US$3OO. 000 000 loan to Brazil to help Brazil liquidate its commercial dollar debt with the United States.- A.F.P
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    S'pore Copra Mart Steady
    121 19 THE produce market m Singapore was steady m the copra section and dull m coconut oil with small business passing. Copra was transacted at $402 for March shipment and $39 for April with buyers for March at $40} and sellers at $41 per picul. Buyers for
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    Tyro Blowouts May Be Thing Of The Past
    252 19 tion motorists positive blowout prevena «J5 Pr Ve v' tS the company held a £~ira »on here, putting the new tube .h.ouVh its ?»..»h -ht* U PPed WUh the new Ulbl was d'"yen nh s b oet spfke b CkS a d
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    119 19 CLOSING ruhher prices (cents per l\> m Singapore veslrr<l were: Buyers Sellers No 1 KS s Spot Loose 77; 78 s 1 No. 1 K.S S 70 W! No. 2 RSS. 741 75 No. 3 K.S.S. 70} 71! Tone: Steady quiet, alter steady. UN SINGAPORE. Mon The urice
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    MORE INQUIRIES FOR TINS
    822 19 SINGAPORE. Mon.—Malayan industrial shares were steady today. There were more inquiries for tin shares but rubber shares continued to be] idle, according to the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association. Buv^rs Sellers Alex Brides Pref 2 15 2 50 Ords 4 10 4 20 AtlM Ice 12 25 H2.S
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    Kulim District Beat Baling
    126 21 BALTN'G. Mon— Kiilim District Oflßce Tennis party brat Baling Tennis party on 'Friday, at Bniing by six eames to two/ The results (Kulim players mentioned first > were: Syed Sheh k YatfajS beat Che Shueib Rodr igo'6-4. R-3 I Anthony Hunt lost to Sarat Sineh Jatiada
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    Rajaji Officials
    53 21 OAcc bearen of the Rajaji Sports Club elected recently arePresident— X. Rajangan; Hon. Secretary— A Sivalingam: Asst. Secretary —U. Thiagarajan; Hon. Treasurer— S. P Kasi; Hon. Auditor N. Suppiah; Sparta Capt. X Kumar; (.round Cap.— G Marimuthu; Committee— P. Kanthasamy, P. Veimgopa!, K. A. Wahap. K. Ramachandren, K.
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    62 21 Messrs. Lindeteves (Malaya) Limited, agents for Evenrude outboard motors, were hosts at a dinner at the Happy World to celebrate the success of the Evenrude team at the recent Ouiboard Regatta. The picture shows Bob Cornelius, drinking out of the challenge trophy donated by Mr. Aw Chens Chye for the
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    Kono Sets New Mark
    83 21 MANNHEIM (Germany) Feb. 2A. <AP>— Tommy Kono ol America beat the' world weight lifting record for midoleweights again here on Sunday night. The 1952 Olympic lightv/eight champion who recently moved up one class m weight Jj£«J a totalol 412.5 kilograms (J)n7..-> pounds) m the three Ulympic
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    Nilai SC Win
    25 21 KAJANG, Moii- Nilai Sports Uub. travel: ing down to Semenjih for a football match during the weekend, beat a Semenyih XI s—o
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    World Champs Who Went Out Ingloriously
    555 21 Louts, xummsoN, «gi»...~~ v™ C r Die R>an l P Forel n S P°rts Editor twir h£i Ub *5 d »w knocked rat m W?tim° stlrt!^ P <Blt his mnut m last Louis was stopped by age more than by his opponent. Rocky Graziano.
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    Ulu Langat DFA Annual Meeting
    146 21 KAJANG. Mon- The fifth annual general meeting of the Ulu Langat District Football Association was held at the Broadrick Club. Kaiani? with Mr. N2 Bow Thai 0.8.E.. JP. m the chair. M 1^ n Jl ajl Abdul Aziz bin H 3 Mohd. Khamis U)islrict Officer
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      104 21 "_JNOTICES____ ltd. j tR/ „cd m S ngopore) p 0C 1.,n9 Co«s for Bottles J given tHat the obove cose?, j on be inspected at the underj ire protected by British DC taken forthwith ogoinst I fit ringing the above patent be made or using such rnt of the potent
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      192 21 TENDERS FOR MAKING IP OF I MFORMS FOR POSTAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT PERAK. TF.XDERS are invited for naking up uniform clothing. shirts and trousers and turn a I trOUSSn for the year 1953. 2. All materials will be sup- 1 plied by the Postal Services Department. 3. Tenden must be sealed
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      672 21 NOTICES i THE PENANC TURF CLUB SPRING MEETING. 1953 Saturday, 7th March. 1«r,3 Wednesday, 11th March. IH.VI Saturday 14th March. 195:{ ENTRIES Cose at l2CTc)ock Noon on Wednesday. 25th February, 1953 Application Lists for SUBSCRIBING MEMBERS forlhe Financial Year lst SEPTEMBER. 1952 to 31st AUGUST 195.* aie now open ANNUAL
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      799 21 I SITUATIONS VACANT .Applications nrt* jr-'it*'« '>■ the post* of Engineer R...,d Construction; (b> three dosU <!f Manager Seasoning D'r>. is d limber I-nprrgn ition PJ.mts n Selangor. Porak and Johore. TtZ nrst two appointments will r>« made immcr],ately and the thi-J m July Ifts3. All appointment! would be for
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      80 21 jjj"^ /Oi,BCn V.HAT 3^4^A4sS£Vr: /vS~ T^ <^^f^ SOME LOO- IS TOILOn-;^ T ,vt ftEL |P« SMtGAVEHEj\A3c-ON J S»£ MUSTN'T «NOM V^=^ iSalJnZ'* A -^'""U- ME. HE'LLBE HERE IN r .A[>V ft /^f P*" V N r^^Pi aPPREOATE X TALKIN" ABOUT, f N^ 1 i i<. >.^ j llCttw tr>trv ,rf
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      337 21 r»I)\\ r-SQfOTATION: Round numbrrs ure alwa>< false •r.Ksnxv roSTKISfSHft Foilo* routine and ordinary procedure*. Maintata toot Vouiiibnum despite obstacles Don't venture anything new or Im •SJu**" Be KUardcd f^«» VOI'R Mil: 11-|>\ I) AND KIKIIISK.N ARIES— M.,:, ai lo A pr:l lj_ faeeK a tempor., ry rh:, :iRe of environment
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    RAF BEAT THE MUD AND EUROPEANS
    484 22 Flooi! Relief Soccer Ts* s ~*l COMBINED Europeans (SCC, Dutch Club and Rovers) went down to a Combined RAF side by three goals to one m a trial match on the padang yesterday, and no one was happier than the Europeans themselves about the
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    Joyce Snows Promise, Says British Coach
    440 22 FIRST time since his visit to Malaya. George Pallett, the senior British AAA coach conducting athletic courses m Singapore, was impressed and the I athlete who impressed him was the schoolgirl sprinter, toinhoyish Joyce Deans. Joyce, who gkimmed over hurdles over and over a:
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    Batu Pahat Coronation Sports Meet
    161 22 BATU PAIIT. Mon.— The 3rd Alßfohore Chinese School Sports will be held a' the Public Padanf, Batu Pahat on June 4 and 5, included m the programme ot Coronation Celebrations. This was decided at a meeting held at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Batu Pahat
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    Hockey Final At Nee Soon
    122 22 THE twice-postponed Nee Soo M Garrison hockey fin-jl 1.0--tween MBTC and GHQ Field Records will be played today at the Garrison. MBTC had a hard Struggle to reach the final, playing no fewer than five matches, and arc determined to win just one more. A
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    4 By Reutens
    46 22 ST. PATRICKS School trounced th e Presbyterian Boys Srh<»ol by seven goals to nil at Siulnp yesterday. It wu.s practically a one-sided Kamo. with St. Patricks superiority unchallenged. S( orvrs wer c John Reutens 4. Cordon Aerla. Mark Sta Maiii :«tul Reggie Gomes.
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    Age Limit In Perak B'ton
    95 22 KUALA LUMPUR, Moi. An age limit has been placed on schoolboys and girls participating mi n the first Perak badminton championships for school children. They must not exceed 20 year*/ old. Following are the dates for the Perak junior championships: Junior tournament April ?3 to
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    47 22 The South Korea Basket Ball team reputed to be one of the strongest m the Far East, arrived m Singapore yesterday for a series of matches m Singapore and the Federation. Their first match will be against the SCAAF Red team tonight at the Happy World stadium.
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    S. Australia In Winning Position
    88 22 ADELAIDE, Feb. 23 (ReuterAAP)— South Australia virtually assured themselves of winning the Sheffield cricket tournament today when they forced Western Australia to follow-on. When stumps were drawn Western Australia, m reply to a total of 466, had scored 214 and 146 for four wickets to
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    Thru' Mud & Rain
    58 22 Thru Mud Rain CONNIE Fisher, the Singapore nurse and keen cyclist, battles through the mud to win the women's event at the Singapore Island Ramblers Chinese New Year cycling carnival at the SCRC on Sunday. The picture, by Joseph Soh, shows Connie at the beginning of the race, wearing sunglasses
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    Ryegrass Catches The Eye At Bukit Timah
    522 22 Spore Track Work By WINDSOR LAD RYEGRASS. a half brother to Kingsway, sire of Kingport, Selangor Gold Cup winner, provided the best workout at Bukit Timah yesterday morning when he returned 56 2 5 sec. for the half mile and 39 sec for
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    S. Soccerites Meet Tonight
    250 22 AN emergency meeting: of the Star Soccerites will be held at No. 4, Roberts Lane at 7 p.m. tonight. All officials including the team captains, honorary coach and the honorary auditor, as well as all footballers, are requested to attend. On Saturday, the Star Soccerites will
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    RAIN STOPS VARSITY LEAD
    46 22 THE Singapore Hockey Association Junior Knockout final be* ween the University of Malaya and Wanderers Sports Club on the Padang yesterday had to be stopped after '.iQ minutes of play when a heavy shower made further play impossible. University were leading twoniL
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    SRC Soccer
    67 22 THE following will represent the Singapore Recreation Club m friendly football matches against the Marine Department tomorrow. Tarnpenis Rovers on Friday and the Rovers Sports Club Monday J. de Silva C. Nonis. M. Wright. A de Rozario. R I Henderson. A. W. Fox. S Ori ton, R. Stevens,
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    Japs Prepare For The Next Olympics
    377 22 TOKYO, Feb. 23 (UP)— Having failed to win a single gold medal m the 1952 Olympic Swimming events at Helsinki, a bitterly disappointed Japan is going to start all over from scratch m a determined effort to retrieve honours at the next Olympic games
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    IOC To Decide On Games' Site
    288 22 NEW YORK, Feb. 23 (AP)-Tour retn m ,h, International OlympV Committee decided to kL h Olympic Games into the Southern Hemispbere for th^ first time and picked Melbourne as tlie host rih Z 1956. Two months from now, the lOC (tii| toln fh decide
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    MFA Ground Not Ready
    25 22 AS TIN unfit for club ■<■ that all mat* h ground f the honora Singapore Associate Liang said The be nt for
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      268 22 €orona i7«Ji Tour tontem READERS of the Singapore s, n i Most Popular Sportsman or str? Wl th**. who ill I be honoured as an 11 og^;'" 1 1 v < this, land Co attend the Co,,,,, ■nr., fft ,H«, during May and June this veYr lni ni| ii. Tn
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      52 22 SINGAPORE ISTER SCHOOL SOCCER; SES r SABS at SJI: Rl r SJI at Rl: VS v BSS at Farrer Park; ACS v JEC at ACS. SOCCER: IRC V QHQ Fdrt-lt at Farrer Park. ATHLETICS Palleit's Course <it Victoria School A.-'M p.m. BASKETBALL South Korea v SCAAF Reds at Happy World
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